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The device will be available from Verizon in the fourth quarter, said the person, who declined to be named because the agreement isnt public.
Motorola, the biggest U.S. mobile-phone maker, introduced the Cliq phone yesterday, its first based on Android. T-Mobile USA Inc. will distribute that device in the U.S. Motorola said it would introduce a second phone with a different U.S. carrier, without saying which one.
Brenda Raney, a Verizon spokeswoman, declined to comment, as did Motorolas Kristine Mulford. Katie Watson, a spokeswoman for Mountain View, California-based Google, also declined to comment.
Verizon Wireless, based in Basking Ridge, New Jersey, is co-owned by Verizon Communications Inc. and Vodafone Group Plc.
Motorola, based in Schaumburg, Illinois, rose 71 cents, or 8.9 percent, to $8.68 today on the New York Stock Exchange. Verizon Communications, based in New York, fell 9 cents to $31.26.